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Boston Consulting Group

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Demanding but rewarding - Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
Sep 19, 2012
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Pros

Top people, high-profile cases, international opportunities, great door opener in your CV. Working there lets you get to know a lot of industries inside-out and meet people that work on top-positions. Many consultants use this to switch from Management Consulting to working for one of their former clients.

Cons

Long hours, often repetitive and tedious work, stress, out-of-town cases demanding you spend 4 nights a week living in a hotel

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Pros

Education on AI Fluency and access to the latest LLM models. My immediate team who energizes me.

Cons

BCG isn't what it used to be. Former CEO Rich Lesser cared about Innovation about deep IP and expertise, truly about unlocking the human potential that powers us. Current CEO and leadership trickles down commercialization message, everything is about metrics, what's the business impact, how many cases did this work touch, what is the trend. Often times appearing shortsighted. Lots of politics, lots of words, limited action from PA leadership, largely because they are unable to make a decision, going back and forth on priorities; Every MDP wanting to own something, with too many chefs in the kitchen, and not enough true clarity. Incentive metrics are broken, and asked to do more, An innovation unit is not recognized.

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